Block data connection on 3G

hi marco,

great question i have the same problem but in australia! i still havent found a solution!! Ill be watching this thread!

Hi marco

have u tried going onto settings>general>network> and turn off data roaming

hope this helps might be worth a try.

good luck mate

hi tom,

this only works for international. This roaming is on partner networks in one country...

cheers

By default all GSM cellphones are set by the manufacturer to search for any available GSM tower, no matter if it's with your wireless carrier or not. So to avoid roaming charges you can either contact your wireless carrier to add a block on roaming or in the iPhone menu "Settings/Network Selection" change from Automatic to Manual by selecting your carrier (ie: Rogers, AT&T, O2, etc). Note: The data roaming block on the iPhone is only to stop data while roaming on a different carrier network. It doesn't stop you from incurring SMS or voice minute charges while roaming. This is why changing the carrier selection from Automatic to one specific carrier is your best solution.

Like most 3G phones, the iPhone looks for 3G first and if 3G is not available it reverts to Edge or GPRS. You could try contacting your carrier and see if they can disable Edge or GPRS transmission to your phone.

Sorry before I could edit another post was submitted. To change the network carrier go into "Settings/Carrier/Network Selection".

Hi All,

In Australia "Three"(name of network) Coverage is average to say the least, and if i lock it to "Three" in the network settings i can only use the phone in certain locations. Their partner Telstra (iPhone says Roaming when it switches) covers their black-spots reasonably well for them, but the data costs whilst "Roaming" on Telstra are $1.65 a MegaByte. If there was a way to set "Data Roaming" to the primary carrier only that would be great!!!

This issue is quiet prevalent, if Apple is listening and there is not a fix - if there is a way to choose Carrier for Voice and Carrier for Data that would be great, or a switch to turn off Data Roaming on local (same country) networks.

thanks

Good suggestion. Tell Apple:


http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Hello, right now am connected to AT&T's network, but I cannot find that Setting/Carrier/Network Selection to make sure it is set to Automatic 😟

I have an iPhone3G with firmware 2.2 installed.
Please help!

If you are in the US using a US iPhone, you don't see that option.

Great, thank you for all your help!